Hail Map for Thornton, CO

The Thornton, CO area has had 5 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings
19 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Thornton, CO on 65 occasions, including 13 occasions during the past year.

The Top Recent Hail Date for Thornton, CO is Monday, May 6, 2019 (8th out of 65)

Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Thornton, CO

Date / Time

Report Details

8/13/201911:09 PM MDT

The national weather service in denver colorado has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. southwestern weld county in northeastern colorado. northwestern adams county in northeastern colorado. until 1145 pm mdt. At 1109 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near todd creek,.

7/8/20197:21 PM MDT

At 720 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near dacono, or 21 miles north of denver, moving northeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

At 719 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near federal heights, or 5 miles north of denver, moving east at 20 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

7/5/20197:01 PM MDT

At 700 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southwestern arvada, or 12 miles west of denver, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

7/4/20196:56 PM MDT

At 656 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northeastern westminster and central broomfield, or 11 miles north of denver, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

At 849 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near milliken, or 12 miles southwest of greeley, moving south at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to vehicles is expected.

At 434 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of erie, or 24 miles north of denver, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. people and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

6/8/20193:59 PM MDT

At 357 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northeastern broomfield, or 16 miles north of denver, moving east at 15 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include quarter size hail. winds to 60 mph are possible. Damage to vehicles is expected. one inch hail was reported with this storm in louisville at 3:58 pm mdt. Locations impacted include, northern thornton, northeastern westminster, northeastern broomfield, lafayette, louisville, erie and todd creek.

6/8/20193:39 PM MDT

At 339 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lafayette, or 18 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to vehicles is expected.

5/28/20191:44 AM MDT

At 144 am mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of d.i.a terminal and concourses, or 12 miles northeast of denver, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

5/6/20196:47 PM MDT

At 646 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern thornton, or 15 miles north of denver, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

5/6/20196:45 PM MDT

At 645 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern thornton, or 14 miles north of denver, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

At 1009 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near erie, or 24 miles north of denver, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to vehicles is expected.

8/14/20186:13 PM MDT

At 612 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over barr lake, or 18 miles northeast of denver, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Hail may accumulate on roadways causing hazardous travel.

8/14/20185:47 PM MDT

At 546 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over dacono, or 24 miles north of denver, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to vehicles is expected.

8/3/20189:26 PM MDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for north central douglas, broomfield, southwestern arapahoe, southeastern gilpin, southwestern denver, jefferson, west central adams and southeastern boulder counties will expire at 930 pm mdt, the winds which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds to 50 mph are still possible with in and near the foothills.

At 839 pm mdt, doppler radar showed thunderstorms dissipating over the foothills northwest of denver. wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph will be possible with this activity as it pushes through the denver metro area (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

At 637 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over erie, or 22 miles north of denver, moving southeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Hail damage to vehicles is expected.

7/25/20186:33 PM MDT

At 633 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near erie, or 24 miles north of denver, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

At 843 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over western thornton, or 13 miles north of denver, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

6/18/20188:44 PM MDT

At 843 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over western thornton, or 13 miles north of denver, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

6/18/20188:28 PM MDT

At 827 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over western westminster, or 13 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 30 mph. this storm has a history of up to golfball size hail (trained weather spotters). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, thornton, arvada, westminster, broomfield, commerce city, northglenn, brighton, lafayette, louisville, superior, federal heights, western denver international airport and barr lake.

6/18/20188:16 PM MDT

At 816 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over rocky flats, or 16 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/18/20187:44 PM MDT

At 744 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over lafayette, or 20 miles north of denver, moving east at 15 mph. goldball hail has been reported with this storm (trained weather spotters). Hazards include golf ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include, northern thornton, northeastern westminster, southeastern longmont, broomfield, brighton, lafayette, louisville, erie, superior, frederick, dacono and niwot.

6/18/20187:24 PM MDT

At 724 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boulder, or 22 miles northwest of denver, moving northeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

6/18/20186:12 PM MDT

At 611 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near boulder, or 24 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 30 mph. another servere thunderstorm was located over mead, moving east at 30 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

5/22/20184:56 PM MDT

At 456 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near erie, or 23 miles north of denver, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

8/13/20173:12 PM MDT

At 311 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near arvada, or 6 miles northwest of denver, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/8/20173:25 PM MDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for broomfield, west central denver, northern jefferson, west central adams and southeastern boulder counties will expire at 330 pm mdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however large hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 pm mdt for central and northeastern colorado.

5/8/20173:21 PM MDT

At 321 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northwestern denver, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. some short lived funnels will also be possible. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

At 245 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near red rocks park, or 13 miles west of denver, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

5/7/20174:12 PM MDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern arapahoe, eastern denver and western adams counties will expire at 415 pm mdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds up to 50 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.

At 822 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southeastern arvada, or 7 miles northwest of denver, moving west at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, southwestern thornton, southern westminster, southwestern commerce city and federal heights.

8/30/20167:54 PM MDT

At 753 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near federal heights, or 6 miles northwest of denver, moving west at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

7/29/20168:55 PM MDT

At 855 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near lochbuie, or 24 miles northeast of denver, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, brighton, fort lupton, lochbuie and hudson.

7/29/20168:44 PM MDT

At 844 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near fort lupton, or 22 miles north of denver, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

At 624 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over southeastern arvada, or 7 miles northwest of denver, moving southeast at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/28/20166:01 PM MDT

At 600 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over rocky flats, or 15 miles northwest of denver, moving southeast at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/6/20166:31 PM MDT

At 631 pm mdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 3 miles east of fort lupton to near frederick, or along a line extending from 22 miles south of greeley to 26 miles north of denver, moving south at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, thornton, northeastern westminster, northeastern broomfield, northern commerce city, northern northglenn, brighton, erie, firestone, frederick, fort lupton, lochbuie, dacono, hudson and barr lake.

6/6/20166:17 PM MDT

At 616 pm mdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 3 miles southeast of platteville to near firestone, or along a line extending from 17 miles south of greeley to 28 miles south of fort collins, moving south at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

5/24/20168:13 AM MDT

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 230 pm mdt for northeastern jefferson. broomfield and west central adams counties. at 211 pm mdt. a severe thunderstorm was located over southern westminster. or 10 miles northwest of denver. Moving northeast at 25 mph.

At 853 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over superior, or 18 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows and vehicles.

At 942 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over eastern arvada, or 8 miles northwest of denver, moving east at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/4/20159:17 PM MDT

At 915 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near longmont, or 26 miles south of fort collins, moving east at 10 mph. another developing thunderstorm was located over broomfield, also moving east at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/4/20156:29 PM MDT

At 627 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of berthoud, or 15 miles southwest of greeley, moving south at 5 mph (trained weather spotters have reported large hail at several locations in northeast boulder, southeast larimer and south weld counties. some brief funnel clouds have also been reported). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. heavy rain may also cause localized flooding or standing water, especially along the i-25 corridor between berthoud and loveland. locations impacted include, longmont, loveland, lafayette, windsor, erie, firestone, johnstown, frederick, milliken, berthoud, dacono and mead. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm mdt for northeastern colorado.

6/4/20156:11 PM MDT

At 609 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near berthoud, or 15 miles south of fort collins, moving north at 20 mph. an additional thunderstorm was located between erie and dacono, alslo moving north at 20 mph (radar indicated. spotter reports from loveland indicate half-inch to one-inch diamater hail has fallen). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/4/20154:28 PM MDT

At 426 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near commerce city, or 8 miles northeast of denver, moving north at 20 mph (radar indicated. at 425 pm...dime to nickel-sized hail was being reported over the northeast parts of denver). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/3/20156:05 PM MDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for west central adams, west central denver, northeastern jefferson and south central broomfield counties will expire at 615 pm mdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits and exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm mdt for northeastern colorado.

At 528 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over northern lakewood, or 8 miles west of denver, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. damage to vehicles is expected

6/3/20154:59 PM MDT

At 458 pm mdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near lakewood, or 9 miles southwest of denver, moving northeast at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected